Description
Banknote Details (English):
Country: Yugoslavia
Official Name (at the time): Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Denomination: 20 Dinara
Year of Issue: 1978
Currency: Yugoslav Dinar
Status: No longer legal tender (collectible only)
Design & Appearance
Side shown: Reverse (back)
Central feature: Large number 20 inside an ornate geometric frame
Colors: Violet, gray, and light pastel background with fine guilloché patterns
Corners: Repeated denomination “20”
Style: Purely ornamental design (no portrait)
Text on the Note
“DVADSET DINARA / ДВАДЕСЕТ ДИНАРА” – “Twenty Dinars”
“SOCIJALISTIČKA FEDERATIVNA REPUBLIKA JUGOSLAVIJA”
(Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Text appears in Latin and Cyrillic scripts, reflecting Yugoslavia’s federal structure.
Historical Notes
Circulated in the late 1970s.
Used across all republics of Yugoslavia before its breakup in the 1990s.
This series emphasized security patterns rather than portraits.